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John Berberian Have Also Toured Extensively Together Throughout South America Onnik Dinkjian Onnik was born in Paris, France in 1929. His parents were from Dikranagerd, now part of Turkey. He overcame the difficulties of being orphaned at a very early age by finding comfort and happiness in singing, initially in the Armenian Church of Paris. Upon arriving in America in the late 1940’s, he began performing at secular functions and quickly became a most-loved singer in the Armenian-American community. Over the years, he has released several recordings of Armenian folk and popular music. However, as an ordained deacon, Onnik never lost his great love of Armenian liturgical music, and released an entire CD, entitled “Havadamk,” of emotionally performed sacred hymns of the Armenian Church. Onnik’s fame as a great interpreter of Armenian song has brought him to concert halls throughout Europe, the United Stated and most recently, Jerusalem. He and John Berberian have also toured extensively together throughout South America. Onnik and John have enjoyed performing together for well over 25 years. John was once quoted in an article as saying “Onnik is as natural and honest a performer as he is a friend. He has a pure, almost innocent love for Armenian music that is definitely contagious.” Onnik’s dynamic stage presence and soulful interpretation of music has distinguished him as the most sought after vocalist of traditional Armenian music today. John Berberian As a young child, John imitated his father playing the oud by strumming a serving tray with a spoon. Today, it is undisputed that he is a master of the oud and has been acclaimed world wide as such. Born in New York City, John started his musical career as a classical violinist and performed as a young boy with a number of symphony orchestras. He exploded into the ethnic music world in his early 20’s with his debut album “Expressions East” on Mainstream selling a phenomenal 50,000 records in the first year of its release and securing his position as an established oud virtuoso worldwide. He has released several subsequent best selling recordings over the years. His “Middle Eastern Rock” fusion album, recorded in 1969, is currently a collector’s item at $70 per album on eBay. John, a graduate of Columbia University, was awarded the prestigious “Master and Apprentice” Grant, first by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 1996 and then again in 2004 by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He currently enjoys teaching the oud from his home studio to aspiring students. John has been noted as one of this generation’s most treasured Armenian folk musicians. Thousands of people have grown up on his music over his distinguished 40 year tenure as a recording artist and stage performer. His inimitable style has brought him fame and popularity world wide and a well- deserved title of “legendary oud master.” Ara Dinkjian Ara graduated from the Hartt College of Music, earning this country’s first and only degree in the oud. With his group, Night Ark, he has recorded several CD’s and has given concerts throughout the United States, Europe and the Middle East. His latest CD, An Armenian in America, features his own compositions and was recorded live at the Jerusalem Oud festival. Ara is a multi talented musician and composer, accomplished on the oud, guitar, piano, keyboard and percussion instruments. For this evening’s performance, Ara will be featured on the keyboard. Mal Barsamian Mal was trained as a classical guitarist, with bachelors and master’s degrees from the New England conservatory. He is a popular and accomplished artist on a number of instruments used in Armenian and Middle Eastern music, including the clarinet, saxophone, guitar and oud. Mal plays several of these instruments on his latest recording, One Take, highlighting his multi-faceted talent. Bruce Gigarjian Born and raised in Whitinsville, Bruce began playing dumbeg in 1975 with a group that included his brother Bob on oud. In a short time, he began playing with other Armenian musicians and soon became a much sought- after percussionist. Bruce is also a talented guitarist who has performed with John and Onnik, as well as other popular artists, throughout the United States, Canada and South America. Martin Haroutunian Martin performs and teaches traditional Armenian wind and percussion instruments, including dap, dhol (kopal), duduk, parkapzuk, pku, shvi, sring, and zurna. He has studied at the Komitas State conservatory of Yerevan and has recorded, performed and toured with several notable ensembles throughout this country, Armenia and Europe. Martin is the founder and director of the Arev Armenian Folk Ensemble. In 2006 he also founded the Lusin Armenian Experimental Improvisation Group. .
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